Best Benchmark Radio Podcasts (2026)

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10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis) 2:47:37

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21d ago2:47:37

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Why has Acquired — seemingly against all odds — “worked”? It's a puzzling question: episodes are four hours long, they come out infrequently, and they usually don’t have guests or video. Hardly the standard-issue playbook for podcasting success! And yet well over a million smart, curious and exceedingly busy humans share their (your!) valuable time…

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Custom Renderers for Svelte with Paolo Ricciuti 1:00:59

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In this episode of Svelte Radio, we welcome Jeppe as a new permanent host and sit down with Paolo Ricciuti, Svelte maintainer and Senior Software Developer at Mainmatter, to dive deep into Svelte custom renderers. Paolo walks us through how custom renderers work (using React's approach with React DOM, Ink, and React Native as context), explains the…

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One Man Svelte for NGOs with Ilja 1:13:44

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Guest Ilja - Berlin-based developer specializing in building websites and data visualizations for NGOs. Svelte Ambassador. Topics Discussed Working with NGOs vs. traditional businesses Budget constraints and project-based funding The AfroZensus project Svelte 5 migration Berlin Svelte Meetup announcement Berlin Svelte Meetup Date: December 9th (Tue…

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Coca-Cola 4:04:28

1M ago4:04:28

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Coca-Cola is… sugar water. And somehow it’s also America, Christmas, summertime, friendship and happiness. Today we tell the story of how The Coca-Cola Company amazingly transmogrified a beverage into emotion in all of our collective psyches, and ALSO built one of the most incredible scale economy businesses of all-time. And oh yeah, there’s also c…

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Benchmarking AI with Stanislav Khromov 1:13:58

2M ago1:13:58

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In this episode, Stanislav Khromov joins the Svelte Radio team to discuss his work on Svelte Bench, a benchmarking tool that scientifically measures how well different LLMs understand and write Svelte 5 code. The conversation explores the challenges of AI-assisted coding with Svelte 5, the development of the official Svelte MCP (Model Context Proto…

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Trader Joe’s 3:28:21

2M ago3:28:21

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Trader Joe's breaks every rule of modern retail. They don't do e-commerce. They don't do delivery. No sales, coupons, or loyalty programs. They only stock 4,000 SKUs versus 50,000+ at normal supermarkets. Their parking lots are famously terrible and they're constantly out of your favorite items. Shoppers brave long lines and cramped aisles while ov…

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Macrodata Refinement with Ken Kunz 1:04:59

2M ago1:04:59

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In this episode of Svelte Radio, Ken Kunz joins the hosts to discuss his journey with Svelte, from discovering it through Rich Harris's "Rethinking Reactivity" talk to building complex financial applications. Ken shares his experience working on Trading Strategy, a decentralized finance platform, and the challenges of implementing sophisticated cha…

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Storybook is actually good now, with Jeppe Reinhold 42:15

2M ago42:15

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Summary In this episode of Svelt Radio, the hosts welcome Jeppe Reinhold from Chromatic to discuss the dramatic improvements in Storybook's Svelte integration. Jeppe shares how a critical video by Brittany struggling with Storybook setup sparked a complete overhaul of the Svelte experience, leading to better collaboration with the Svelte core team …

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Remote Functions with Simon Holthausen 1:01:54

3M ago1:01:54

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Summary In this episode, Simon Holthausen from the Svelte team joins to discuss remote functions and async Svelte, two experimental features that are changing how developers interact with data in SvelteKit applications. Remote functions offer a new RPC-like approach that provides better type safety, more granular data loading, and improved develope…

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Google: The AI Company 4:06:38

3M ago4:06:38

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Google faces the greatest innovator's dilemma in history. They invented the Transformer — the breakthrough technology powering every modern AI system from ChatGPT to Claude (and, of course, Gemini). They employed nearly all the top AI talent: Ilya Sutskever, Geoff Hinton, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei — more or less everyone who leads modern AI work…

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Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan) 1:18

3M ago1:18

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It’s finally here! Today we are releasing Acquired’s first “concert film” — the full video recording of our Radio City live show from this summer with Jamie Dimon, Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, Barry Diller, and cameos from around the Acquired Cinematic Universe including Christina Cacioppo, Ben Clymer, and Howard Sc…

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We're putting the band back together. 39:32

3M ago39:32

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Summary We're putting the band back together. Svelte Radio is officially back. This first episode is a bit of catch-up. Not a ton of Svelte chatter. Look forward to many fun and interesting episodes. Next week we talk with Simon about Remote Functions. Don't miss it! Show Notes Introducing SvelteKit Remote Functions, by Simon Holthausen SvelteKit R…

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Godard Abel - G2 - Software Buying In The Age of AI 44:35

4M ago44:35

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Our Guest: Godard Abel, Co-Founder and CEO of G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. He previously built cloud CPQ pioneers BigMachines (acquired by Oracle) and SteelBrick (acquired by Salesforce). Episode Topics: AI across the stack: Infrastructure, data, models, and applications—where the most significant opportunities and…

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Alphabet Inc. 4:11:33

4M ago4:11:33

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In its first six years from 1998 to 2004, Google built one of the greatest products of all time (and certainly the greatest business of all time) with Search. Then in its next six years from 2005 to 2011, Google built seven (!) more billion+ user products: Gmail, Maps, Drive and Docs, YouTube, Chrome, Android, and Photos — all either started from s…

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TRONUS @ NOIZER (Les Enfants, BCN) 26-06-2025 2:21:03

5M ago2:21:03

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OUR HYBRID SET LAST 26 JUNE 2025 AT NOIZER HOSTED BY FLUG AT LES ENFANTS (BARCELONA)By TRONUS

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The Jamie Dimon Interview 1:06:02

6M ago1:06:02

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We sit down with Jamie Dimon for a live conversation at Radio City Music Hall, covering the incredible journey from his 1998 firing at Citgroup (where he was widely expected to become CEO) to building the most powerful bank in the world. Today JPMorgan Chase is a juggernaut — the most systemically important non-governmental financial institution in…

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Google: The Origin of Search 3:37:49

6M ago3:37:49

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We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its origins as a Stanford research project called BackRub, Google became the front door to the internet. Today it’s an essential service for over half the world, and one that generates more profit than ANY other US company — more than Apple, Microsoft, or Berkshire …

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 27 June 2025 0:46

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 27 June 2025 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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The Steve Ballmer Interview 2:57:09

7M ago2:57:09

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We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, for an epic conversation covering his 34 years at Microsoft. Steve listened to our Microsoft episodes and had some thoughts to share — and boy, did he deliver. Steve takes us point-by-point through the original IBM DOS deal that started everything, how …

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 21 February 2025 0:56

8M ago0:56

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 21 February 2025 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 28 February 2025 0:51

8M ago0:51

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 28 February 2025 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Epic Systems (MyChart) 3:55:09

9M ago3:55:09

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What if we told you that the most important company in US healthcare was run from a farm in rural Wisconsin? And that farm contained the world’s largest subterranean auditorium, as well as Disneyland—style replicas of Hogwarts and the Emerald City? What if we told you that the person who started, runs and owns this establishment has legally ensured…

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Guy Rubin - Ebsta - 2025 GTM Benchmarks 46:19

9M ago46:19

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Guy Rubin is the Founder + CEO of Ebsta, a revenue intelligence platform that guides sales teams to more effective sales processes, pipeline reviews and forecast calls with Revenue Insights. Episode Topics: Overview of Ebsta’s 2025 GTM Benchmarks Report. Produced in partnership with Pavilion, the report covers $48 billion of pipeline across 655,000…

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Indian Premier League Cricket 4:26:24

10M ago4:26:24

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When you saw this episode pop up in your feed, you either jumped for joy and hit play immediately (in which case you’re not reading this), or you said “Huh. That’s a surprising episode.” Well, if you’re in group two, boy do we have a treat for you! IPL is the fastest-growing, most dynamic and most disruptive force in the sports industry today… and …

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Rolex 4:59:40

11M ago4:59:40

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Rolex is a series of paradoxes. They sell obsolete and objectively inferior mechanical devices for 10-1000x the price of their superior digital successors… and demand is stronger than ever in history! Their products are comparable to a Hermès Birkin bag in price, luxury status and waitlist times… yet they produce over 1m units / year (roughly 10x a…

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 14 February 2025 0:55

11M ago0:55

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 14 February 2025 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 7 February 2025 3:55

11M ago3:55

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 7 February 2025 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Ben Pippenger - Zylo - 2025 Zylo SaaS Management Index 47:05

11M ago47:05

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Our Guest: Ben Pippenger is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Zylo, a SaaS management platform that helps businesses gain full visibility into their software usage, optimize licensing, and streamline renewals. Episode Topics: Overview of Zylo’s SaaS Management Index annual report, which covers $40 billion of SaaS spend The AI adoption su…

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TSMC Founder Morris Chang 2:56:21

11M ago2:56:21

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We flew to Taiwan to interview TSMC Founder Morris Chang in a rare English interview. In fact, the last long-form video interview we could find was 17 years ago at the Computer History Museum… conducted by the one-and-only Jensen Huang! This episode came about after asking ourselves a version of the Jeff Bezos “regret minimization” question: what c…

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TSMC (Remastered) 2:29:51

12M ago2:29:51

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We dive into the unbelievable and unlikely history behind the quietest technology giant of them all: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Founded in 1987 by the then-56 year old Morris Chang, already a legend in the semiconductor industry by virtue of his meteoric rise and fall at Texas Instruments, TSMC today manufactures nearly all the…

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Timothy Cohen Talks SampleKit 55:31

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Summary In this episode we sit down with Timothy Cohen and talk about his project SampleKit and Svelte 5. Sponsored by Svelte Summit Svelte Summit is an event dedicated to Svelte and everything that is happening in the community. Don't miss it! It's going to be an absolute blast. It's happening on May 8 and 9, 2025 in Barcelona Spain. Background We…

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Dominik G on Svelte 5 and Vite 6 40:25

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Summary In this episode we sit down with Dominik G — a Svelte maintainer — and talk about Svelte 5 and the new Environment API in Vite 6. Sponsored by Svelte Summit Svelte Summit is an event dedicated to Svelte and everything that is happening in the community. Don't miss it! It's going to be an absolute blast. It's happening on May 8 and 9, 2025 i…

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Rich Harris on the Svelte 5 reception 1:03:37

1y ago1:03:37

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Summary In this episode we sit down with Rich Harris — creator of Svelte — and talk about the recent development of Svelte and SvelteKit. Sponsored by Svelte Summit Svelte Summit is an event dedicated to Svelte and everything that is happening in the community. Don't miss it! It's going to be an absolute blast. It's happening on May 8 and 9, 2025 i…

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Scott Tolinski on Svelte 5 Local First Development 43:26

1y ago43:26

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Summary: In this episode we sit down with Scott Tolinski — cohost of Syntax.fm — to talk about Svelte 5 and local first development. Sponsored by Svelte Summit Svelte Summit is an event dedicated to Svelte and everything that is happening in the community. Don't miss it! It's going to be an absolute blast. It's happening on May 8 and 9, 2025 in Bar…

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 20 December 2024 0:44

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 20 December 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Svelte at Bloomberg 1:42:24

1y ago1:42:24

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Summary: In this episode we sit down with Julian Burgess to talk about what he does at Bloomberg, how he uses Svelte and some thoughts about Svelte 5 and other exciting tech. Sponsored by Svelte Summit Svelte Summit is an event dedicated to Svelte and everything that is happening in the community. Don't miss it! It's going to be an absolute blast. …

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Mars Inc. (the chocolate story) 3:52:39

1y ago3:52:39

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M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Double Mint, Ben’s Rice, Pedigree, Whiskas, VCA, Banfield… all the brands you know, owned by the company you know nothing about: Mars, Incorporated. And Mars itself is 100% owned and deeply intertwined with the Mars family, who are currently the second wealthiest (and perhaps first most secretive!) family in the United S…

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 13 December 2024 1:21

1y ago1:21

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 13 December 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 6 December 2024 1:54

1y ago1:54

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 6 December 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 29 November 2024 2:32

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 29 November 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 22 November 2024 6:58

1y ago6:58

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 22 November 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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IKEA 3:21:20

1y ago3:21:20

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IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally scaled, $50B annual revenue company with no direct competitors — yet have only ~5% market share. They’re one of the largest retailers in the world — yet sell only their own products. They generate a few billion in free cash flow every year — yet have no shareho…

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 15 November 2024 1:03

1y ago1:03

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 15 November 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 8 November 2024 0:18

1y ago0:18

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 8 November 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Tronus (Hybrid Set) @ RUSC DEFCON 13H 31-10-2024 2:00:21

1y ago2:00:21

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Tronus (Hybrid Set) @ RUSC DEFCON 13H 31-10-2024 by TRONUSBy TRONUS

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 1 November 2024 1:12

1y ago1:12

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 1 November 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Meta 6:19:28

1y ago6:19:28

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Meta is a company everyone knows (literally, everyone). But, somehow, it’s also a company that few people feel they actually understand. Their products are used by more humans than any other’s in history — almost half of the entire world’s population daily. But… what is Meta? Why do they do what they do? How do they do what they do? Ask ten people …

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 25 October 2024 1:20

1y ago1:20

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 25 October 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 18 October 2024 0:59

1y ago0:59

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Benchmark Weekly Poetry Reading Friday, 18 October 2024 by BenchmarkBy Benchmark

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Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) 2:25:47

1+ y ago2:25:47

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Here it is: the complete video of the most unbelievable night of Acquired’s nine-year life… our sold out live show at the Chase Center in San Francisco. We joked during the months (months!) of preparation leading up to this event that it was like planning a wedding for 6,000 Acquired fans, and the guest list included Jamie Dimon, Daniel Ek, Emily C…